A blistering century against RCB took Rajasthan to the final, also completed 800 runs in the season
The Royal Challengers Bangalore team was in front of Rajasthan Royals, who lost Qualifier One against Gujarat Titans. The team that wins Qualifier 2 will advance to the finals. Orange cap holder Butler added color in this important match.
Butler scored an unbeaten 106 off 60 balls in front of RCB’s target of 158. Playing at a strike rate of 176, Butler hit 10 fours and 6 sixes in his innings. This one innings shattered the hopes of Bengaluru’s first IPL trophy. After this innings, Butler has 824 runs in IPL 2022 with 4 centuries.
Butler’s aggressive style was first shown against Siraj
Butler made his intentions clear by hitting a four against Siraj in the first over of the innings. Butler also hit a four on Hazlewood in the second over. Butler batted vigorously against Siraj in the third over. In this over, Buttler hit two consecutive fours and then a long six.
Butler scored fiercely against Shahbaz and Harshal
In the fifth over against Shahbaz Ahmed, Buttler hit a six in front of the sightscreen on a ball bowled outside offside. Shahbaz put the next ball on the wicket, but even this Jose pulled over mid-on and hit a four. Shahbaz Ahmed was never seen bowling well in front of Butler. Butler scored a lot of runs against him.
In the 7th over of the innings, Butler took an aggressive stand against last season’s Purple Cap winner Harshal Patel. Buttler, driving the ball outside off at a speed of 120 kmph, from the side of extra cover, got a four. With this shot, Butler completed his fifty off 23 balls. The last ball of the over was a full toss outside the leg-stump, which Buttler flicked with ease and got a boundary.
Initially played Hasranga carefully, later he was not spared either
Butler, who was playing against Hasaranga in the initial overs, took him on remand in the 16th over. Buttler completed his 800 runs this season, hitting a six off a ball that fell in the slot outside the off-stump. The last ball of the over was deliberately kept tossed up by Hasranga. It was an open invitation to Butler. Jose accepts the invitation with both hands and hits a six over long on.
Rajasthan in final after 14 years
In the second qualifier of IPL 2022, Rajasthan defeated Bengaluru by 7 wickets to make it to the final. Where on May 29, he will face Gujarat under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya. Sanju Samson’s team has reached the final of IPL after 14 years.
In the first season of IPL in the year 2088, under the captaincy of Shane Warne, RR reached the final for the first and last time. Rajasthan won the title that year by defeating Chennai Super Kings. At the same time, with this defeat, RCB’s dream of becoming the IPL champion was shattered for the 15th consecutive year.
Batting first in the match, RCB scored 157 runs in 20 overs and set a target of 158 runs to Rajasthan. Jos Buttler batted for RR, scoring 106 runs in 60 balls. Butler remained unbeaten till the end. Due to the innings of Jos Buttler, Rajasthan won the match in 18.1 overs.
